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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: "Green" and lead (Pb)-free packaging options
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 March 2004
FPGAs come in RoHS-compliant packages
Actel Corp can now supply "green" and lead (Pb)-free packaging options for all its antifuse- and Flash-based FPGA product families.
Actel Corp can now supply "green" and lead (Pb)-free packaging options for all its antifuse- and Flash-based FPGA product families In addition to the company's standard packaging, Actel now provides green packaging alternatives, defined as free of both lead and halogen, for its entire portfolio of plastic leaded packages
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lead-free packaging is also now available for Actel's complete line of plastic ball-grid array (BGA) packages.
With this announcement, Actel is compliant with the European Commission's Reduction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive, which aims to eliminate several hazardous materials in electronic products by July 2006.
Furthermore, Actel has taken a crucial step toward achieving compliance with other environmental initiatives gaining momentum across the globe.
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The demand for devices free of lead and other harmful alloys is a result of the proactive efforts of regions like Europe and Japan that have proposed regulations to decrease the amount of these substances used in the manufacture of electronic products.
The RoHS directive, for example, will restrict the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in all electronic products distributed within the European Union.
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, also out of the European Union, establishes guidelines for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste for electrical and electronic equipment.
In addition, Japan, the first country to manufacture lead-free assemblies, currently requires all semiconductors manufactured in that country to be housed in lead-free packaging.
All of Actel's green and lead-free packages are guaranteed to provide the same benefits and features found in the company's standard packaging options, such as high security, low-power consumption and firm-error immunity.
Actel has also taken the extra step to qualify its lead-free packages to operate at the same moisture-sensitivity level (MSL) as its standard packages, allowing designers to implement environmentally friendly alternatives in their designs without compromising performance or reliability.
Green and lead-free packages for the company's entire portfolio of antifuse- and Flash-based FPGAs are available now.
Both packaging alternatives are available at the same competitive prices as Actel's standard packaging options, which Actel will continue to offer for all o its device families.
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